Climate in Crisis
Nepal’s leader, at U.N., says recent floods serve as a ‘warning to the world’ about climate change
Nepal’s prime minister scolded fellow world leaders Thursday, saying the nation’s recent deadly flood reminds a warming world that climate change keeps hurting people who didn’t cause the crisis but now need help.
Climate scientists fired by Trump step in to fill U.S. report gap
More than a year after the Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists working on the National Climate Assessment, clouding the landmark publication’s future, many of those researchers and others released Tuesday the first installment of a special collection of climate change findings designed to fill the perceived gap left behind.
After a sweltering summer and a rise in drownings, Londoners demand more safe swimming spots
Heatwaves this summer, but London locals had almost nowhere to swim. Now, a spike in drownings is sparking demands for cleaner rivers and more accessible pools.
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth’s hottest month they’ve measured.
Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino.
Global warming will exceed limit, U.N. says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms.
Families fear for missing loved ones as Nepal floods leave trail of destruction
A New York couple traveling to Mount Kailash is among 65 Americans missing after a catastrophic flood along the Nepal-Tibet border.
U.S. declares drought disaster for parts of Puerto Rico as dry conditions persist
The U.S. government announced a drought disaster for more than two dozen cities and towns in Puerto Rico as water woes deepen across the U.S.
Nearly 100 large wildfires strain firefighting resources across the U.S.
As nearly 100 large wildfires burn across the United States, the nation’s firefighting system is shifting crews and equipment among some of the country’s most dangerous fires as officials contend with heavy demand for resources and the threat of new blazes.
France evacuates 4,000 people as heat threatens wildfire fight across southwestern Europe
French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 people evacuated Tuesday from tourist sites on France’s Atlantic coast as returning heat threatened firefighters’ fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux.
Canadian wildfire smoke turns air hazardous in the U.S. Midwest
Heavy, pungent smoke from Canadian wildfires darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility for commuters and prompting warnings that air quality could make being outside dangerous.